roughbarked said:

SCIENCE said:

roughbarked said:

A newly formed West Australian wine group has warned that bottles of wine produced in the state could increase by $1.25 if the expansion of the Containers for Change scheme goes ahead.
Yeah that’s right. They want you to litter the countryside with the empties which probably costs all of the taxpayers more than the cost of all the full bottles.

well if you don’t like the waste mitigation policies then you can just leave, it’s a free market, companies that can’t stay competitive in the economic conditions can just collapse

Ha ha. :) the original bottle of wine you purchased for $20 did cost roughly something less than $2 to produce and ship.
The customer is being ripped off ant both ends. This is capitalism unchecked.

You don’t think there is competition in the wine industry? The markup on most food and beverage products from the farm to the consumer is similar and is simply a reflection on how value-adding works in the economy.